by rmil2k | Mar 17, 2024 | News
NASA has launched a new computer game to help kids learn about solar eclipses ahead of the total solar eclipse on April 8 when the moon’s shadow will sweep across North America. The “Snap It! An Eclipse Photo Adventure” game asks players to help an...
by rmil2k | Mar 17, 2024 | News
Objects that look like asteroids can still become active for numerous reasons. These objects are known as Centaurs and can have spots of activity and generate tails. Credit: Pamela L Gay/PSI. In 1977, astronomer Charles Kowal discovered a strange, asteroid-like rocky...
by rmil2k | Mar 16, 2024 | News
In its first year of operation, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) made some profound discoveries. These included providing the sharpest views of iconic cosmic structures (like the Pillars of Creation), transmission spectra from exoplanet atmospheres, and...
by rmil2k | Mar 16, 2024 | News
What looks like a light sabre is actually a laser beam guided in its path through a hair-thin jet of water, in the same manner as conventional fibre optics.This water jet provides a large ‘processing depth’, allowing parallel cutting of larger samples. Its water also...
by rmil2k | Mar 16, 2024 | News
A nervous Jack Hathaway had one last obstacle to overcome before becoming a NASA astronaut candidate: finding the time to hear the news.Hathaway was awaiting a call in 2021 from NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, then chief of the astronaut office, to hear if he could also...
